Van Morrison - San Francisco, CA (04/26/70)

 

Van Morrison:
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA.
April 26, 1970

01. Moondance
02. Glad Tidings
03. Crazy Love
04. Come Running
05. The Way Young Lovers Do
06. Everyone
07. Brown Eyed Girl
08. And It Stoned Me
09. These Dreams Of You
10. Caravan
11. Cypress Avenue
12. Into The Mystic

Musicians:
Van Morrison: vocals, rhythm guitar, sax
Jeff Labes: piano, organ
John Platania: lead and rhythm guitar
Jack Schroer: alto and soprano sax
Collin Tillton: tenor sax, flute
John Klingberg: bass guitar
Elias Shaar Dahaud: drums 

There are at least six boolegs of this show:


 

#1

Rocks His Gypsy Soul
Van Morrison Gets His Chance To Wail, Volume 3
(bootleg CD)
Gold Standard 195-VM-16-08
(Released ??; Made in Italy)

  1. Moondance (4:42)
  2. Glad Tidings (3:49)
  3. Crazy Love (2:52)
  4. Come Running (6:55)
  5. The Way Young Lovers Do (3:19)
  6. Everyone (2:55)
  7. Brown Eyed Girl (2:10)
  8. And It Stoned Me (4:11)
  9. These Dreams Of You (3:44)
  10. Caravan (6:37)
  11. Cypress Avenue (12:16)
  12. Into The Mystic (5:31)
  13. Stormy Monday Blues (5:24)
  14. Don't Start Crying Now (1:34)
  15. All By Myself (3:11)
  16. Caledonia (2:50)
  17. What's Up, Crazy Pup? (3:10)
    Total time: (75:18)

From the liner notes:
Tracks 1-12: Live at the Fillmore West, April 26, 1970
Tracks 13-14: Studio demos, recorded 1964
Track 15: Them, live BBC 1965
Tracks 16-17: Live with the Caledonia Soul Orchestra 1973

See the entry for the Gets His Chance To Wail series for information on the chronology of this multi-CD set and a review.

The Fillmore West material has also been released on the bootlegs Moonlight Serenade, the first disk of the 2-CD set Live in the USA, and Live in San Francisco 1970.

Review by Russell Parkinson:
[The Fillmore West] one hour show features Van and what will be the Caledonia Soul Orchestra performing all the Moondance album except for "Brand New Day". Also included are two songs from Astral Weeks and an obligatory "Brown Eyed Girl".

The sound is either radio broadcast or soundboard and is very good, especially considering the recording is nearly 30 years old.

The show kicks off with an excellent lively rendition of "Moondance". "Glad Tidings" follows and although a quicker version than on the album this song remains, for me anyway, filler. A lovely soulful "Crazy Love" is next. Van sings this in his normal voice rather than falsetto. A six minute improvised "Come Running" misses rather than hits. In the middle of this song the band and van move off into a sixties rock organ/guitar kind of thing with some improvised lyrics. On first listening it sounds great bit after a while I find it disrupts a good song. Interesting but ultimately a bit disappointing.

"The Way Young Lovers Do" is a blast, a great lively version with excellent horns and piano. Everyone joins Glad Tidings in the filler category. "Brown Eyed Girl" is pretty standard. A good "And it Stoned Me" runs into an equally good "These Dreams of You". The Last Waltz version of "Caravan" has always been my favorite but this one comes close. A thoroughly enjoyable version of a great song.

Van winds up with the longest "Cypress Avenue" I've heard. Heavy on organ and guitar you get to hear the ending twice! After the usual "its too late to stop now!" van introduces the band and reprises the whole ending from "and you were standing there." amazing. Van then encores with a superb version of "Into The Mystic". Very soulful, this must be close to being the best version of this song out there.

RATING
That organ/guitar thing sometimes dates this show but overall its a great boot. Not quite essential, mainly due to the narrow range of material played, I would give this a "Highly Recommended". If you are a big "Moondance" fan then it's probably a must. 


 

#2

Into the Man
Wild Bird Records (WBR CD 9117)
(Made in Italy by Phono Comp
SIAE (p) 2, 1991
Mixed at "Planet Sound Studios" Florence Feb. 1991
Sound engineer S. Lugli
Art cover: Daniele & Mari
Special thanks to Johnny)

Notes: Available with slightly superior sound on Gets His Chance to Wail Volume 3 (Rocks His Gypsy Soul)


 

#3
Live In San Francisco 1970

Armando Curcio Editore (DIR-25)
(Released 1992. Made in Italy by Optimes)

Review from Carsten Brenski:
See the Discography entries for Rocks His Gypsy Soul (Van Morrison Gets His Chance To Wail, Volume 3) and Moonlight Serenade. The greatest disadvantage of this CD compared with Rocks His Gypsy Soul and Moonlight Serenade is that the track "Caravan" is missing on this CD. 

 

#4

Live In The USA
Live & Alive 2CD set (imt 2 CD 920.029)
(Stereo/Mono (AAD); Imtrat*; Made in Germany)

Disc 1

  1. Moondance (4:24)
  2. Glad Tidings (3:40)
  3. Crazy Love (2:46)
  4. Come Running (6:04)
  5. The Way Young Lovers Do (3:13)
  6. Everyone (2:54)
  7. Brown-Eyed Girl (2:06)
  8. And It Stoned Me / These Dreams of You (7:31)
  9. Caravan (6:34)
  10. Cyprus Avenue (11:32)
  11. Into The Mystic (5:04)
    Total time: (56:30)

Recorded Live in San Francisco, USA 1970

  Disc 2

  1. It's Not the Twilight Zone (6:30)
  2. I Like It Like That (4:50)
  3. I For Texas (4:31)
  4. Bulbs (5:32)
  5. Boffyflow and Spike (4:26)
  6. Naked In the Jungle (5:53)
  7. Heathrow Shuffle (3:13)
  8. Street Choir (6:17)
  9. Since I Fell For You (4:56)
  10. Celtic Swing (2:15)
  11. Tore Down A La Rimbaud (3:36)
  12. Oh The Warm Feeling (2:57)
  13. I Will Be There (2:31)
  14. A Sense of Wonder (5:23)
    Total time: (60:00)

Recorded Live in the USA 1974 and 1986

Notes:
Disc 1 is probably Fillmore West, San Francisco, April 26, 1970 - see notes on this in the Discography entry for Rocks His Gypsy Soul (Van Morrison Gets His Chance To Wail, Volume 3) and Moonlight Serenade. 


 

#5

Moonlight Serenade
Teddy Bear Records TB 22
(Made in Italy; Distributed by:
DIES IRAE RECORDS s.r.l.
Via S. Zanobi 39/r 50129 Firenze (Italy)
Tel. + 3955/486695 Fax + 3955/480190)

Musicians:
Van Morrison: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, sax
Jeff Labes: Piano, organ
John Platania: Lead and rhythm guitar
Jack Schroer: Alto and soprano sax
Collin Tilton: Tenor sax, flute
John Klingberg: Bass guitar
Elias Shaar Dahaud: Drums

Review by Carsten Brenski: This is one of the many boot CD's which cover Van's famous concert at Fillmore West in April 1970. The same show can also found on the following bootleg CD's: Live in San Francisco 1970, Gets His Chance To Wail Vol. 3: Rocks His Gypsy Soul and the first disk of the 2-CD set Live in the USA. The sound on all three CD's is very pleasant (considering the vintage). I assume the show once was broadcast. However, the sound of the show on Rocks His Gypsy Soul is much better (!) than the sound of the other CD's of this concert. On the other hand, this CD (Moonlight Serenade) has very attractive cover art work, and provides all information on date, location and musicians. Anyway, the show is indescribable and one of the CD's is a must-have for every serious Van Fan. 


 

#6

Spring in Berkeley 1970
No label or product code available yet
(Release date 1998?)

 


 


 

 

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